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We don't typically travel just to see a National Park.  We aren't concisely "bagging" Parks, though if close we will always take the opportunity for a visit.  I will mark certain areas on Google Maps as places that we want to visit.  When planning a route, we look to see if we can include those "saved" places along the way.  Additionally, we learned that Pinnacles was a release location for the endangered California Condor .  A visit might include a sighting of this massive bird.  The Bear Gulch Cave hike, in Pinnacles National Park , was one of those places.  It is also a Park that came highly recommended from travel friends who have visited.  They recommended the hiking.  We planned our route to allow a visit. The Pinnacles is an interesting park in that you can access if from either the West or East sides but the only way through the park is via hiking trails.  We set up camp in Greenfield which is closer to the West entrance.  T...

  The Goldwell Open Air Museum , located near the Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada, exists to present artistic exploration in and of the Amarosa Desert.  The first piece, The Last Supper by Belgian artiste Albert Szukalski, appeared in 1984. Since then additional pieces have appeared, and disappeared on the landscape.  There is a small visitors center that is open from time to time on the property.  The facility operates on donations.  Visit at your leisure as it is available 24/7. Albert Szukalski was inspired by Da Vinci’s Last Supper.   Draping live models, posed as in the painting, with fabric soaked in wet plaster.  Once the plaster set it left a rigid shroud behind.  The piece was weather proofed by covering them with fiberglass.  The piece is stunning against the desert backdrop. Szukalski added several more pieces using the same ghost concept. Ghost Rider Serving Ghost Over the years other artists have added their inspirations. Irina and...